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2019 November
11/30/2019 - Kid Rock Goes on Alcohol-Fueled, Profanity-Laced Anti-Oprah Winfrey Rant
11/30/2019 - Ex-
Grey’s Anatomy
Star Isaiah Washington Lands Gig on Fox Nation
11/30/2019 - Back to Africa: Twitter Chief Jack Dorsey Plans to Live in Africa in 2020
11/30/2019 -
In The Water
: Rhiannon Giddens Pays Musical Tribute to the Painful Legacy of Wilmington, N.C.
11/29/2019 - City of Los Angeles Names Intersection 'Berry Gordy Square' in Honor of Motown Records Founder
11/29/2019 - From
Carmen
to Nefertiti, J'Nai Bridges Is the Next Big Voice in Opera
11/29/2019 - NFL Superstar and Super Bowl Champ Richard Sherman Pays Off School’s Cafeteria Debt
11/29/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: A Long List of Liars
11/29/2019 - Black Excellence, Opulence, Decadence: Celebrating 10 Years of The Root 100
11/29/2019 - What's Good? We've Got Your Black—and Beautiful—Friday Deals Right Here!
11/29/2019 - Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Confederate Monument Law
11/29/2019 - Black Friday: A Special Rite of Passage With My Black Family
11/29/2019 - Hot Off the Press: Melanated News Strikes Again
11/28/2019 - Legendary Chicago Preacher Rev. Clay Evans Dead at 94
11/28/2019 - New York Jets Sign Nat King Cole's Grandson Wyatt Ray to Practice Squad
11/28/2019 - How a Black Family Talks About Impeachment During Thanksgiving
11/28/2019 - Michelle Obama Shares Family Photo on Social Media, Wishing Everyone Happy Thanksgiving
11/27/2019 - Man Kills Chicago College Student Because She Ignored His Advances, Police Say
11/27/2019 - Texas Teacher May Get Reinstated After Asking Trump to Help Get Rid of ‘Illegal Students’ at Her School
11/27/2019 - Saying Farewell to an Icon: Cicely Tyson, Lenny Kravitz, Angela Bassett and More Honor the Life of Diahann Carroll
11/27/2019 - Mo Money, Mo Problems: Life Expectancy Rates in the US Drop for the 3rd Consecutive Year
11/27/2019 - Mother Sues City and Officer Who Killed Emantic Bradford Jr.
11/27/2019 - Family Members, Ranked
11/27/2019 - Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles, Dies at 88
11/27/2019 - Ava DuVernay and Netflix Formally Respond to
When They See Us
Lawsuit, Claim Dialogue Is Protected Under First Amendment
11/27/2019 - Report: Black Commuters 6 Times More Likely to Be Cited by BART Police for Consuming Food, Drinks
11/27/2019 - What (Reportedly) Happened to Gabrielle Union on
America's Got Talent
Is Some Bullshit
11/27/2019 - The 2019 Root 100: How Well Do You Know These Figures of Black Excellence?
11/27/2019 - Y’all Little ‘President’ Be Lying His Ass Off
11/26/2019 - Google Us, Baby: What Loni Love Doesn't Know About Black Plus Models Is Hurtful to the Women Who've Been Doing the Work
11/26/2019 - Pete Buttigieg Called Me. Here's What Happened
11/26/2019 - 3 Teenage Boys Were Wrongfully Convicted for Murdering Another Teen Over a Jacket. 36 Years Later, They're Finally Free
11/26/2019 - They Good: Meet the Team Behind the Epic Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Social Media Campaign
11/26/2019 - Chilling Video Shows What a Young Michigan Woman Saw Just Moments Before Her Boyfriend Allegedly Shot Her
11/26/2019 -
Akhnaten
: A Revolutionary King Gets an Equally Innovative Opera
11/26/2019 - Bill Cosby Shares More Pound Cake From Prison
11/26/2019 - Who Should Host the 2020 Oscars? The Blackademy Weighs In
11/26/2019 - Black Federal Judge Strikes Crucial Blow Against Trump's 'Absolute Immunity' Claims: 'Presidents Are Not Kings'
11/26/2019 - 8 Things to Keep in Mind if You Are the Woketep in Your Family at Thanksgiving
11/26/2019 -
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Will Surprise You With Its Depth and Move You With Its Songs
11/26/2019 - The Cast and Crew of
Queen & Slim
on Black Love Being 'An Act of Resistance, Protest and Resilience'
11/25/2019 - Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF
11/25/2019 - West Virginia Is Charging Its Inmates $0.03 Cents a Minute to Read Free E-Books. Here's Why That Matters
11/25/2019 - Jury Convicts White Cop for Killing Unarmed Black Man
11/25/2019 - 'There Was Silence. It Was Understood': Reflections About 'yasiin bey: Negus,' the Listening Installation at the Brooklyn Museum
11/25/2019 -
Red Table Talk
: T.I. Speaks on What He Refers to as 'Hymen-Gate', Somehow Learns About Patriarchy for 1st Time
11/25/2019 - Beloved Alabama Sheriff Killed While Confronting White Teenager About Loud Music
11/25/2019 - Do You Have What It Takes to Write for The Root?
11/25/2019 - A Michael Jackson Biopic Is Coming and the Estate Authorized Use of the King of Pop's Music
11/25/2019 - 'Oppressors, Not Protectors': The Cast of
Queen & Slim
Reflect on Policing
11/25/2019 - No Expiration Date: 82-Year-Old Bodybuilder Hand-Delivers That Smoke to Alleged Home Invader
11/25/2019 - NBA Player Calls Black Women 'Bulldogs,' Then Defends Himself by...Quoting Dr. King?
11/25/2019 - Kamala Harris' Mental Healthcare Plan Calls for Ending Solitary Confinement, Expanding Services for People of Color
11/25/2019 - Let's Be Real, 2019 American Music Awards: Lizzo's Teeny-Tiny Purse Was the Biggest Winner of the Night
11/25/2019 - 2019 AMAs: Toni Braxton Said She Loved Us Again With a Nostalgic Performance of 'Un-Break My Heart'
11/25/2019 - Sarah Huckabee Sanders: ‘I’ve Been Called’ to Be the Next Governor of Arkansas
11/25/2019 - The 2019 Rules and Revisions for Black Thanksgiving
11/24/2019 - Motown Christmas Classics by The Supremes and The Temptations Get New Life with Animated Music Videos
11/24/2019 - Sacramento Elementary School Teacher Throws Away Students’ Black Lives Matter Project
11/24/2019 - Joycelyn Savage Now Says She’s a Victim of R. Kelly, Selling Story Through Online Subscription Service
11/23/2019 - Tyler Perry Offers to Bring Stranded Couple Home From Mexico After Messy Hospital Bill Drama
11/23/2019 - History Making Gymnast Simone Biles Learns Her Sexual Assault Claims Were Swept Under Rug by USA Gymnastics Officials
11/23/2019 -
Ain’t Too Proud
Showstopper Ephraim Sykes to Play Michael Jackson on Broadway
11/22/2019 - All About the Benjamins: Kamala Harris Has More Billionaire Donors Than Any Other 2020 Democratic Candidate
11/22/2019 - Louisiana Movie Theater Fires 3 Employees for Racially Profiling Black Women During
Harriet
Screening
11/22/2019 - We Did That: The 2019 Root 100 Gala Celebrated a Decade of Black Excellence
11/22/2019 - Skye’s the Limit: Justine Skye Talks Authencity, Artistry and Her Hometown-Inspired H&M Collab
11/22/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: I Don't Wanna Be A Race-Baiter No More
11/22/2019 - The Noose Is Loose: Racist Symbol Found Inside Auburn University’s Dormitory
11/22/2019 - How to Protect Black Moms in America
11/22/2019 - Stacey Abrams Delivers Inspiring Acceptance Speech for The 2019 Root 100
11/21/2019 - Comcast Is 'on the Wrong Side of History': Here's What Diddy Had to Say About Byron Allen's Supreme Court Case
11/21/2019 - Indiana University Calls Out 'Sexist, Racist, Homophobic' Professor, but Makes Clear His Job Is Safe
11/21/2019 - Judge Joe Brown Believes Harriet Tubman Has No Place on the $20 Bill: 'It's Insulting to the Black Race'
11/21/2019 - Passenger Asks Flight Attendant to Move Him Because He Reportedly Didn’t Want to Sit Next to Black Girl
11/21/2019 - In a New Revival of
Oedipus Rex
, Ancient Greek Gets a Relevant Refresh
11/21/2019 - #ShoppingWhileBlack: Indiana Officer Fired After Harassing Shoppers for 'Acting Suspicious'
11/21/2019 - Post-Debate Analysis: Joe Biden Wants You to Know That the Blacks Really, Really Like Him
11/21/2019 -
21 Bridges
: Yes, Chadwick Boseman Was Conflicted Portraying a Black Cop
11/21/2019 - Model Slick Woods May Be Fighting Cancer—but She's Nobody's Victim
11/21/2019 - Illinois High Schooler Charged With Hate Crime After Posting a 'Slave for Sale' Ad for Black Classmate
11/21/2019 - Charles Barkley Apologizes for Telling Female Reporter, 'I Don’t Hit Women, But If I Did I Would Hit You'
11/21/2019 - 'I Won’t Do an All-Black Show': Naomi Campbell Talks Representation, Reputation, Racism and Why Meghan Markle Is Right to Defend Herself
11/20/2019 - Live Blog: From Atlanta, the Democratic Debate
11/20/2019 - Don't Let Go: Jussie Smollett Countersues Chicago for Malicious Prosecution
11/20/2019 - Georgia Teen Arrested for Planning Knife Attack on Black Church
11/20/2019 - Here Is the Full Text of Donald Trump's Sharpie Lies for the Press
11/20/2019 - Artistic License: In a Statement-Making Move, the Baltimore Museum of Art Makes a Commitment to Women Artists in 2020
11/20/2019 - Democratic Debate: Democrats Can Win Stacey Abrams' Georgia If They Really Want It
11/20/2019 - Africa's the Future: Why Akon Says That African-Americans Should Invest in the Continent
11/20/2019 - Gordon Sondland: Oh Yeah! I Totally Forgot to Tell Y'all About That Quid Pro Quo
11/20/2019 - On This Transgender Day of Remembrance, a New Campaign Reminds Us That Trans Is Phenomenal, Too
11/20/2019 - Former Baltimore Mayor Indicted for Using Office to Enrich Herself; Donald Trump Curiously Quiet
11/20/2019 - Felony, but Make It Fashion: After His Release From Swedish Prison, A$AP Rocky Has Designed Swedish Prison Uniforms
11/20/2019 - Lizzo and Lil Nas X Dominate 2020 Grammy Nominations (but Shouldn't More Women Rappers Have Gotten Nods?)
11/20/2019 - Washington, D.C.’s National Portrait Gallery Has Moved Beyond ‘Old, Dead White Men’
11/20/2019 - Hollywood Executive Reportedly Suggested Julia Roberts Play Harriet Tubman
11/19/2019 - Everyone Knows Why Inmates Are Dying in Alabama Prisons. No One Knows How to Fix It
11/19/2019 - Why Stephen Miller’s Emails Are White Nationalism Explained, Explained
11/19/2019 - Mayor Pete Ain’t Got to Lie, Deval Patrick Is Gonna Try and the Harris Campaign Won’t Die: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 18 1/2
11/19/2019 - ABFF Honors Announces Deon Cole as Host, Will Honor Cast and Crew of
The Wire
11/19/2019 - Black Bodies Will Not Be Your Platform, Jameela Jamil
11/19/2019 - From 'The Ladder' to 'The Cross,' Prince's Legacy Endures Through His Friends and Music at a Town Hall Tribute
11/19/2019 - The Self-Proclaimed 'Greatest Artist That God Has Ever Created' Crashes Joel Osteen's Megachurch, Announces 1st Opera
11/19/2019 - #GrievingWhileBlack: Family Demands Apology After West Memphis, Ark., Police Handcuff Grieving Mother
11/19/2019 -
Orange Is the New Black’
s Danielle Brooks Just Welcomed Her First Child—and Curated a Clothing Line Just for Moms
11/19/2019 - Islamophobic Trump Supporter Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar
11/18/2019 - Chick-fil-A Ends Its Bigoted Donations to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations
11/18/2019 - Afro-Brit Kingsley Ben-Adair to Portray Barack Obama in James Comey Miniseries
11/18/2019 - Never Forget: 5 Years After His Death, Family, Activists Continue to Build Tamir Rice’s Legacy
11/18/2019 - Video: A Cop Tased a Woman for Complying. He Was Fired...Two Years Later
11/18/2019 - 5-Year-Old Drumming Prodigy Receives Scholarship Offer From HBCU Alcorn State University: 'It's Mind-Blowing Every Day'
11/18/2019 - Julian Castro Says the Democratic Primary Isn’t Fair to Black Folks. He’s Right and Here’s How You Fix It
11/18/2019 - Are We Pretending Donald Trump Wasn’t Secretly Rushed to the Hospital?
11/18/2019 - After Being Denied a School Picture Because of Her Hairstyle, a 3rd Grader Gets a High Fashion Picture Day
11/18/2019 - OK Boomer: Joe Biden Says Marijuana Is a Gateway Drug, and He Won’t Legalize It
11/18/2019 - will.i.am Threatened With Lawsuit After Blasting Flight Attendant on Twitter for Alleged Racist Behavior
11/18/2019 - The Soul Cycle: The 2019 BET Soul Train Awards Served Equal Parts Nostalgia and Newness
11/18/2019 - As Week 2 of Public Impeachment Hearings Begin, President Trump Says He’ll Consider Testifying in Writing...But Nobody Believes That Lie
11/18/2019 - Here’s the Waiver Colin Kaepernick Was Asked to Sign to Get Back on the NFL’s Plantation
11/18/2019 - Amid Criticism and Controversy, the Guggenheim Museum Hires Its First Black Full-Time Curator
11/18/2019 - Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop-and-Frisk, But Nobody’s Trying to Hear It: ‘This Is a Deathbed Conversion’
11/17/2019 - Forever President Barack Obama Warns 2020 Democrats Voters 'Don't Want to See Crazy Stuff'
11/17/2019 - Popeyes Worker Fired for Bringing Son to Work to Help With Chicken Sandwich Demand
11/17/2019 - Colin Kaepernick’s Bait & Switch With NFL Sparks Twitter War Between Stephen A. Smith and Eric Reid
11/16/2019 - Prince's Posthumous Memoir
The Beautiful Ones
Celebrates His Humanity. A Musical Event in New York City Will Celebrate Its Release
11/16/2019 - South Jersey Man Accused of Anti-Semitic Vandalism, Plotting to Kill Black Shoppers with Machete at Mall
11/16/2019 - Lizzo Done Caught Another Case, This Time for Defamation by Postmates Delivery Driver
11/16/2019 - Five Days Before Scheduled Death, Court Stops Execution of Rodney Reed—and Kanye West Was There Holding a Secret Revival Outside of Jailhouse
11/15/2019 - Keke Palmer Has Us in Our Feelings Gracing the TIME 100 Next List
11/15/2019 - Surprise, Surprise: Donald Jr.’s
Triggered
Book Sales May Be Rigged
11/15/2019 - Lena Waithe Comes Out About Secret Marriage to Longtime Partner Alana Mayo
11/15/2019 - Patrisse Cullors, LA Reform Jails Tackle Mental Health, Mass Incarceration with Mental Health Matters Summit + Day Party
11/15/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Why?
11/15/2019 - A New Race to Win: With a New Brand Sponsor, Alysia Montaño Is Ready to Change the Game for Women Athletes
11/15/2019 - Dammit Jacquees, You Had One Job!
King of R&B
Is Cool, but It Ain't a Kingmaker
11/15/2019 - Bill Russell Ends 44-Year Basketball HoF Boycott—but the Backstory Proves He's the G.O.A.T.
11/15/2019 - Roger Stone Found Guilty of Lying to Congress, Witness Tampering; Not Guilty of Top Hat-Related Crimes
11/15/2019 - You Know, Sometimes People Lose the Fights That They Start
11/15/2019 - Lakeith Stanfield Isn't Feeling Certain Black Media Outlets—and One of Them Had Quite a Bit to Say About It
11/15/2019 - The NCAA Is Big Business for Everybody but Black Players
11/15/2019 - As Sexually Transmitted Diseases Continue a 5-Year Surge, So Do Racial Disparities in Infection Rates
11/15/2019 - No One, No One, No Onnnnnnnne Other Than Alicia Keys Will Be Hosting the 2020 Grammy Awards
11/15/2019 - Why 'Cancel Culture' Doesn't Exist
11/15/2019 - Rudy Giuliani Under Federal Investigation for Campaign Finance Violations: 'I Would Not Be Surprised If He Gets Indicted'
11/15/2019 - In Response to 'Fast and Furious' Restrictions, Planned Parenthood Launches the Abortion Care Finder
11/15/2019 - Eddie Murphy Will Return as Axel Foley in
Beverly Hills Cop
Sequel to Be Released on Netflix
11/14/2019 - Not Getting My Hair Wet Was Keeping My Sex Life Dry
11/14/2019 - Colorado Springs Officers Won't Be Charged in Death of Black Teen They Shot in the Back
11/14/2019 - The Lady and Her Music: Lena Horne's Legacy Endures in the First Major Entertainment Award Named for a Woman of Color
11/14/2019 - Yasiin Bey Presenting His New Album
Negus
Exclusively in Museums Surrounded by Art Is What Happens When Musicians Get Bored
11/14/2019 - So, What Exactly Does One Wear to a Slave Rebellion Reenactment, Anyway?
11/14/2019 - Ummm, So About That Michael Jackson Episode of
The Simpsons
... Don't Expect to Find It on Disney+
11/14/2019 - Investigation Launched After Video of Arizona Deputy Viciously Attacking, Threatening 15-Year-Old Amputee Surfaces
11/14/2019 - Deval Patrick Is Running for President Because...Reasons
11/14/2019 - Mo'Nique Files Race and Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Netflix Regarding 'Lowball Offer' [Updated]
11/14/2019 - The NFL Is Just Not That Into Colin Kaepernick, and This Sham 'Workout' Proves It
11/14/2019 - 'It’s a Classic, Leave it Alone': Vivica A. Fox Isn't Feelin' Issa Rae's Upcoming
Set It Off
Remake
11/14/2019 - Elizabeth Warren Tells The Root How Capitalism Can Exist Without Racism
11/14/2019 - Trump Got Exposed During the First Day of Impeachment Hearings and His Tax Returns Suffered a Similar Fate
11/14/2019 - 'We Have to Do More': Champion Ally Megan Rapinoe Thanked Kaepernick, Tarana Burke and Black Lives Matter in 'Woman of the Year' Speech
11/14/2019 - Yeahhh, Lil Nas X Is Gonna Take His Historic 2019 CMA Award to the 'Old Town Road'
11/14/2019 - Jay-Z Reportedly 'Pushed the Idea' of Colin Kaepernick Workout With NFL
11/14/2019 - Ayanna Pressley's Latest Resolution Is a Sweeping Progressive Vision That Would Transform America's Legal System
11/13/2019 - Two New Studies Find Black and Brown Mothers Less Likely to Have Their Postpartum Pain Evaluated and Addressed
11/13/2019 - 10 Men Who Are Sexier Than John Legend, Who People Magazine Named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’
11/13/2019 - The Solange-Curated
Bridge-s
at the Getty Center Is a Hypnotizing and Ethereal Viewpoint on Transition
11/13/2019 - In
For Colored Girls’
Revival, There’s a Rising Star in Red Who’s Coming to
The Batman
11/13/2019 - We've Finally Found the Prince Eric Who Will Be Part of Halle Bailey's World in
The Little Mermaid
11/13/2019 - SCOTUS Watch: What Byron Allen’s Legal Fight Against Comcast Could Mean for Future Racial Discrimination Lawsuits
11/13/2019 - Rihanna's Relatable Reveal: The Bad Gal Struggles With Work-Life Balance, Too
11/13/2019 - The Black Person’s Guide to the Trump Impeachment Hearings
11/13/2019 - A New Bill in New York State Seeks to Outlaw Hymen Exams
11/13/2019 - Eric Garner’s Family Pushes for Anti-Chokehold Bill After Screening of
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
11/13/2019 - John Legend Is (Not So Ordinary) People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2019
11/13/2019 - Julián Castro Explains Why Ending Police Brutality Is Central to His Campaign
11/12/2019 - Report: NFL Schedules Workout for Colin Kaepernick
11/12/2019 - CROWNing Glory: New York City Just Resolved Its First Hair Discrimination Case—and a Celebrity Stylist Is Going to Pay
11/12/2019 - Kevin Hart’s Surprise Appearance and Other Observations From My Seat at the 2019 People’s Choice Awards
11/12/2019 - Hip-Hop Legend Eric B. Jailed in New Jersey for 17-Year-Old Warrant
11/12/2019 - University Lawyer Resigns After Blurting Out the N-Word... During a Lecture About Fighting On-Campus Hate
11/12/2019 - She's a 'Lady':
Lady and the Tramp's
Tessa Thompson Reflects on How Her Dog, Coltrane, Changed Her Life
11/12/2019 - 'The Weekend Soiree' Was the Black Queer Love Story Robyn & Whitney Never Got to Have
11/12/2019 - Disney+ Launched and Will Be a Vault of Nostalgia—Without Some of the Classic Racist Tropes [Updated]
11/12/2019 - Trump Woke Up Early to Send a Racist Tweet About DACA
11/12/2019 - GOP Group Drops Commercial Urging Fellow Republicans to Impeach Trump: 'Republicans Should Study the Lessons of Watergate' [Corrected]
11/12/2019 - Serena Williams Stands Up for Meghan Markle, Spills on Baby Archie's Secret U.S. Trip and Wants Us to 'Gift Ourselves'
11/12/2019 - Robyn Crawford Reveals She and Whitney Houston Absolutely Planned to Run Up on Wendy Williams
11/12/2019 - 'I Will Continue to Press On and Fight': Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Announces Run for Late Husband's Congressional Seat
11/12/2019 - Roommate of Murdered Clark Atlanta Student Used to Spend Holidays With Victim’s Family. Now She’s a Suspect
11/12/2019 - Youngest in Charge: 21-Year-Old Tay Anderson Talks Education, Representation After Winning Denver School Board Seat [Corrected]
11/11/2019 -
Unbothered
and Officially Wed! Jemele Hill Marries Longtime Love Ian Wallace
11/11/2019 - Unfollow, Unfriend, Block, Delete: After Excruciating Embarrassment, T.I.’s Daughter Unfollows Her Father on Social Media
11/11/2019 - Jayme Lawson Reportedly Lands Role in
The Batman
, Signals Barbara Gordon/Batgirl Speculation
11/11/2019 - North Carolina Formally Recognizes 1898 Racial Massacre as a ‘Coup’ With New Historic Marker
11/11/2019 - Another Legacy Brand Gets New Life as Black Opal’s New Owners Acquire Fashion Fair
11/11/2019 - Bring the Noise: Stephen A. Smith Becomes Highest-Paid On Air Talent in ESPN History
11/11/2019 - This White Woman Don’t Know Nann ‘Ni**er Bitch,’ but She Made the Mistake and Called Trina One Anyway
11/11/2019 - The Category Is ‘Campaign Star’:
Pose
Star Mj Rodriguez Scores Her First Beauty Campaign With Olay Body
11/11/2019 - ‘Triggered’ By Hecklers, Donald Trump Jr. Bolts Book Signing Event
11/11/2019 - Black Facebook Workers Write Open Letter to Company: We Are Treated Every Day 'As If We Do Not Belong Here'
11/11/2019 - Taraji P. Henson Says Cookie Lyon’s Therapy Storyline Is Long Overdue: She’s Needed Help Since ‘She First Got Out of Prison’
11/11/2019 - Camp Flog Gnaw Audience Gets in Their Feelings and Boos Drake Because He’s Not Frank Ocean
11/11/2019 - #EatingASandwichWhileBlack: Commuters Hold Protest After Cop Detains Black Man for 'Illegally Eating' at BART Station
11/11/2019 - Another Honor for Our ‘Hidden Figures’: Congressional Gold Medals Given to the Black Women Behind the Space Race
11/11/2019 - If You Googled '
Boondocks
Characters,' Kanye West's Picture Showed Up as Uncle Ruckus
11/11/2019 - Trump-Supporting Republican Strategist Kimberly Klacik Announces Run for Elijah Cummings’ Maryland Seat
11/11/2019 - Smoked Out: Faith Evans Dishes On Smoking Pot With Whitney Houston
11/10/2019 - Atatiana Jefferson’s Father Dies From Heart Attack, Weeks After Daughter’s Killing By Cop
11/10/2019 - Elizabeth Warren Had a Hard Time Naming Prominent Black People—On Two Occasions
11/10/2019 - O.J. Simpson Sues Cosmopolitan Hotel For Defamation, but Not TMZ
11/9/2019 - Black Lives MAGA: President Launches Campaign Effort Called ‘Black Voices for Trump’ (of All Things)—In Atlanta (of All Places)
11/8/2019 - 'I Felt Pretty': For His 50th Birthday, Diddy Reflected on Life as Fashion's Bad Boy
11/8/2019 - Will House Democrats Add Trump's Long History of Racism to the Articles of Impeachment Against Him?
11/8/2019 - Pro Tennis Player Serves 'That Smoke' After Disrespectful Handshake
11/8/2019 - Serena Williams Just Dropped Another Gem—a Jewelry Line!
11/8/2019 - Buttigieg Says 'It's Gonna be Me,' Harris Says 'Just Wait and See' and Booker Says His Campaign's So Good He Shouldn't Have to Run for Free: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 17
11/8/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Thots and Prayers
11/8/2019 - 40 Questions for the People Who Stand as Soon as the Plane Lands
11/8/2019 - Let's Talk About This Lifetime Salt-N-Pepa Biopic—It's Actually Authorized!
11/8/2019 - 10 Worthwhile Hobbies For These Bored Billionaires Who So Obviously Need Them
11/8/2019 - How to Look at Atatiana Jefferson
11/8/2019 - 'It Got Really, Really Bad': Tommy Davidson Opens Up About Cocaine Addiction in
Red Table Talk
11/8/2019 -
Reparations
Reminds Us That There Is Still Plenty Left Unsaid
11/8/2019 - #RelationshipGoals: Codie and Tommy Oliver Discuss
Black Love
in an 'Instagram Society'
11/8/2019 - I Had a Table Talk With Jada Pinkett Smith (No, It Wasn’t a Red Table), but I Got a Healing
11/8/2019 - Lizzo on the Cover of British Vogue May Be the Only Gift We Need This Holiday Season
11/8/2019 - Black Womxn Are Here for Elizabeth Warren as President
11/7/2019 - Trump Is Reportedly Heading Down to Alabama to Watch the Footballs. They Need to Boo Him Down There, Too
11/7/2019 - The Fight to 'Be First': Patricio Manuel, the First Transgender Professional Male Boxer, Breaks New Ground With Everlast
11/7/2019 - Is the Top of the Refrigerator a Shelf? A Black Supreme Court Decision
11/7/2019 - A Short and Not-at-All Exhaustive List of Things Alabamians Should Vote for That Are Not Jeff Sessions
11/7/2019 - Is Ray J. the Most Significant Black Entertainer of a Generation? No. But There Is a Case to Be Made
11/7/2019 - 23 Years a Slave: Restaurant Owner Gets Bullshit Sentence for Enslaving Intellectually Disabled Black Man
11/7/2019 - Amid Internal Investigation, Top Chicago Cop Eddie Johnson Announces His Departure
11/7/2019 - The Crown Morehouse College Is Trying to Reach
11/7/2019 - Watch: Pixar Will Be Bringing Some
Soul
With Its First Black Lead Character
11/7/2019 - Why My Daughter Will Be Getting a Sex Ed Crash Course, ‘Expeditiously’
11/7/2019 - Beyond
Us
: Taking the Advice of Jordan Peele, 11-Year-Old Evan Alex Is Writing His Own Horror Script
11/7/2019 - Ain’t We Lucky We Got
Good Times
Coming to a Live Studio Audience?
11/7/2019 - 'I Can't Wait to Call Her My President': Ayanna Pressley Backs Elizabeth Warren
11/7/2019 - It's 'About Time': The Met Gala Announces Its Theme for 2020
11/7/2019 - Lashana Lynch Responds to Shook, Not Stirred, Racists Reacting to Reports She'll Take Over 007 in Bond Franchise
11/6/2019 - #TheChickening Claims Another Victim as Woman Destroys Her Car for Popeyes Chicken Sandwich
11/6/2019 - Queen Latifah Brought Looks, Her Pretty Face and Bawdy Language to
The Little Mermaid Live!
11/6/2019 - The Keynote Address From #BeckyCon2019
11/6/2019 - T.I. Publicly Boasted About Having His Daughter's Hymen Checked Annually. That's Not Just Gross; It's as Stupid as Signing Iggy Azalea
11/6/2019 - I Wonder What Ja Rule Thinks About Popeyes Chicken Sandwiches, Said No One
11/6/2019 - It Turns Out, Hip-Hop Will Probably Always Be the Love of My Life
11/6/2019 - High School Football Coach Resigns After Screaming: ‘White Power...I Still Love You Ni**ers!’
11/6/2019 - Outkast and The Neptunes Have Been Nominated to Join the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2020 Class
11/6/2019 - Ernest J. Gaines, Author of
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
, Dead at 86
11/6/2019 - The Results Are In: Daniel Cameron Becomes First Black Attorney General in Kentucky
11/6/2019 - NYPD Says It Was ‘Stabbed in the Back’ Because Voters Won’t Let Them Lie and Kill With Impunity
11/6/2019 - Born to Fly: This Flight Program Is Giving Black Children Access to the Sky
11/6/2019 - 'We Wanted to Be Together': Whitney Houston's Best Friend Robyn Crawford Shares Their Love Story for the First Time in New Memoir
11/6/2019 - Kansas City Votes to Remove Martin Luther King Jr.'s Name From Historic Boulevard
11/6/2019 - Bye, Barneys: Another Luxury Department Store Prepares to Shutter Locations
11/6/2019 - Wesley Snipes Was 'Sad' He Didn't Get to Let His Soul Glo in
Coming to America
, Eddie Murphy Explains Why
11/5/2019 - Revenge of the Blerds: Howard Squares Up Against Harvard for the 'Great Debate' [Corrected]
11/5/2019 - 10 Thoughts on What the Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich Craze Says About Black People and Our Misplaced Priorities
11/5/2019 - For the 3rd Year in a Row, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Winner Is a Black Designer
11/5/2019 - Is Donald Trump Planning to Invade Mexico?
11/5/2019 - I Went To The Dress Rehearsal of
The Little Mermaid Live!
and Became Part of Its World
11/5/2019 - The Glow Up Gets...Into a New Pattern With Tracee Ellis Ross’ New Haircare Line
11/5/2019 - Library of Congress Announces New Exhibit, Book Telling Rosa Parks’ Story
In Her Own Words
11/5/2019 - Oh, the Irony! White Woman Who Called Cops on Black Woman for Napping Wants Police to Release the Video
11/5/2019 - Man Fatally Stabbed After Cutting the Line to Buy Popeyes Chicken Sandwich
11/5/2019 - Make It Count: Stacey Abrams on Why the 2020 Census and Fighting Voter Suppression Go Hand in Hand for Black Americans
11/5/2019 - Bish, I Be Running: I Am Stronger Than 26.2 Miles
11/5/2019 - I Will Never Forgive America for Trying to Convince Me That Richard Spencer Is ‘Dapper’
11/5/2019 - Netflix Will Be the Blues in Your Left Thigh and the Funk in Your Right—Here's What's New and Black in November 2019
11/5/2019 - Buckhead Bound: Trump and Pence Will Try to Kiss Up to Black Voters in Atlanta
11/5/2019 - Trump Gives National American Indian Heritage Month an All Lives Matter Makeover That Nobody Is Here For
11/5/2019 - 10 Thoughts About Kanye West’s
Jesus Is King
Because God Is Good All the Time and All the Time...
11/5/2019 - Hot Girl Holiday! Megan Thee Stallion Just Made Coach’s Holiday Party the Invite to Score This Year
11/5/2019 - Nigeria's First Oscars Submission Disqualified For Having Too Much English, Which Is the Country's Official Language
11/4/2019 - Like Whiteness for Chocolate: Teacher Suspended for Dressing Up as Rapper Common, Complete With Blackface
11/4/2019 - Colin Kaepernick Celebrated His 32nd Birthday by Feeding the Homeless in Oakland
11/4/2019 - High Art: Black Hollywood—and Black Hair—Got Creative for the 2019 LACMA Gala
11/4/2019 - Solo Dolo: Solange Responds to Rumors She Cheated on Her Husband With Former Manager
11/4/2019 - ‘Where Are All the White People?’ Ask White Nationalists Posing in Front of Emmett Till Monument
11/4/2019 - Advice Columnist Who Accused Donald Trump of Sexual Assault Is Suing Him for Defamation
11/4/2019 - Does Madea Wear Tiaras? Tyler Perry Studios to Host 2019 Miss Universe Pageant
11/4/2019 - Jason Mitchell Says There's 'No Situation' With Tiffany Boone and
The Chi
Former Showrunner Used #MeToo Movement as an 'Ugly Weapon'
11/4/2019 - Someone Came Up With a Pretty Simple Way to Breach Trump’s ‘Impenetrable’ Border Wall
11/4/2019 - ‘I Wanted to Show Her as a Woman’: Cynthia Erivo Talks
Harriet
for Essence's Digital Cover
11/4/2019 - SC Investigating Emanuel AME for Mishandling Charleston Church Massacre Donations
11/4/2019 - Louisiana DA Tries to Remove Black Judge from Hundreds of Cases After She Spoke Out Against Racial Injustice
11/4/2019 - Soccer Star Mario Balotelli Threatens to Leave Game After Enduring Racial Abuse, Monkey Chants
11/4/2019 - John Witherspoon Almost Turned Down the Role of 'Grandad' on
The Boondocks
. His Son Convinced Him to Take It
11/4/2019 - Scarface Says It’s Time for the Hood to Represent Houston’s 3rd Ward on City Council
11/4/2019 - Amid Reports of Disappointment from the Royal Family, Meghan Markle Says She Wants to Be Heard, Not Loved
11/4/2019 - Hey, Again: Marvel Confirms
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sequel Coming in April 2022
11/4/2019 - Buffalo Wild Wings Employees Fired After Racist Seating Incident
11/3/2019 - NFL Quarterback Deshaun Watson Says Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Healed Eye Injury
11/3/2019 - Despite Controversies, Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman Proves to Be a Winner at Box Office
11/3/2019 - #FreeRodneyReed Family Members, Supporters (Including Kim Kardashian West) Demand Justice for Death Row Inmate Weeks Before Execution
11/3/2019 - Acid Attack on Milwaukee Man Investigated As Hate Crime
11/2/2019 - Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish: Trump Bids Adieu to Longtime Hometown; New York Political Heavyweights Rejoice
11/2/2019 - Solange Knowles Reveals Secret Separation From 56 -Year-Old Hubby Alan Ferguson
11/2/2019 - Bish, I Be Running, Week 10: Almost There and an Ode to the Queensboro Bridge
11/1/2019 - Black Health Advocates Want US Government to Take on Menthols As Hard As It’s Taken on Other Flavored Tobacco
11/1/2019 - Democratic Party Leader Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Mulls Run for Her Late Husband’s Congressional Seat
11/1/2019 - Beto, His Campaign Pockets Light and His Poll Numbers Low, Bows Out of His Run for the Oval Office
11/1/2019 - Hey, Wig!
The Photograph
Trailer Debuts—and We Can’t Take Our Eyes off of Issa Rae’s Hair
11/1/2019 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Edward Norton Chat
Motherless Brooklyn
and Systemic Racism
11/1/2019 - The Heroine Behind
Harriet
: Debra Martin Chase on the Rewards of Taking Risks
11/1/2019 - The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Smile, Bih.
11/1/2019 - Former Manager Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Starbucks, Alleges She Was Fired Because She Is White
11/1/2019 - Oprah Winfrey Kicks Off Her New Book Club on Apple TV+ With Ta-Nehisi Coates’
The Water Dancer
11/1/2019 - Elderly Passenger Spits, Hurls Racial Slurs at NYC Bus Driver in Latest Installment of White Men Gone Wild
11/1/2019 - Beto Battles the Undead, Booker Said What He SAID and Mayor Pete’s Been Left on Read: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 16 [Updated]
11/1/2019 - OneUnited Bank Launches BankBlack X Campaign to Tackle Racial Wealth Gap, Encourage Financial Literacy
11/1/2019 - What
Harriet
Teaches Us About Black Women’s Leadership